Background checks, more federal action needed It’s the text no parent wants to see from their child during school: “Mom, I love you, just in case.” The message reach Hilary Uhlig’s phone while her child was lockdown after a threat to the school. “My kids ...
4 Aug 2021 - Joanne Zuhl
Front-end staff worry plexiglass dividers won't protect them during holiday crowd levels It’s been eight months since an employee at Portland's Pearl District Whole Foods on Northwest Couch Street and Twelfth Avenue died from complications relat ...
24 Dec 2020 - Jessica Pollard
2019’s death toll is the highest since Domicile Unknown reporting began In 2019, Multnomah County tallied the highest number of homeless deaths in any year since the grim figure has been tracked. In its annual Domicile Unknown report released today, 113 p ...
21 Dec 2020 - Street Roots
The rates of basic-needs insecurity at Portland State are higher than the average across four-year institutions Housing and food insecurity among students and staff at Portland State University are widespread, and they’re hitting vulnerable groups on camp ...
24 Sep 2020 - Jessica Pollard
"This system is not making kids better; it’s making them worse” A federal class-action lawsuit filed April 16 on behalf of all current and future foster children in Oregon demands the governor and leaders of the Oregon Department of Human Services be ...
16 Apr 2019 - Libby Dowsett
Low-income renters were in final weeks of 90-day countdown to eviction The Joint Office of Homeless Services announced today that Multnomah County and CareOregon are kicking in a combined $100,000 to pay for a year’s worth of rent assistance, case managem ...
27 Feb 2019 - Amanda Waldroupe
The average age of death was 49, according to the annual Domicile Unknown report Trauma, addiction, chronic health conditions and more claimed the lives of 80 people experiencing homelessness in Multomah County last year, according to the county’s just-re ...
14 Dec 2017 - Street Roots Staff
Joyce Hotel will remain open for some of the most vulnerable residents in our community After six months of uncertainly, the Portland Housing Bureau has completed an agreement to buy the Joyce Hotel, Downtown Portland’s last low-barrier housing for the ci ...
22 Jun 2016 - Joanne Zuhl
Two-dozen low-income residents wait to hear their fate The saga of the Joyce Hotel has developed a new twist: The city of Portland has made another offer to purchase the building in an effort to salvage one of the last low-income housing options in downto ...
6 May 2016 - Joanne Zuhl
Jen Senko explains the ‘epidemic’ of conservative media indoctrination — how it originated, how it divides us, and how to respond Jen Senko acknowledges that brainwashing is a strong term, but it’s the one she thinks best describes what happened to her fa ...
3 Apr 2016 - Joanne Zuhl